Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Friday’s current setter is Don Manley who is also known as Giovanni, Duck, Pasquale, Quixote, and Bradman (all punningly connected with the name Don or Donald)
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A very good morning from Winnipeg – like turkey leftovers, another serving of me while Twmbarlwm is enjoying leftovers elsewhere – enjoy!… Continue reading
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A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg where, not unexpectedly, we are in the deep freeze while British Columbia is ‘closed’ as a result of ice and snow for which it does not have enough equipment or the expertise to use what it does have and Ontario and all points East are experiencing a Weather Bomb, also known as an ‘Explosive Cyclogenesis,’ which, presumably, might continue its Eastern journey and be ‘across the pond’ just in time for New Year.… Continue reading
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A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg.
Zandio was ‘on duty’ last Friday and today there are no signs of multiple Xs or a pangram except for an X so my five bob is on this being a Silvanus production.… Continue reading
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A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg.
proXimal was ‘on duty’ last Friday and based on my solving experience of this potentially being in the wrong envelope my five bob says that this is a Zandio production rather than a Silvanus production.… Continue reading
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A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg.
Zandio was ‘on duty’ last Friday and Silvanus was on Toughie Duty yesterday, so my five bob and four ‘Xs’, one in each quadrant, something we haven’t seen for a while, should safely support this being a proXimal production.… Continue reading
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A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg.
proXimal was ‘on duty’ last Friday, so if today’s setter is indeed one of the Friday triumvirate my five bob is on this being a Zandio production; if it is not him then I am clueless.… Continue reading
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A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg.
Zandio was ‘on duty’ last Friday, Silvanus was on back page duty yesterday, so my five bob was on this being a proXimal production even before, on completion, I saw that we have an X-less pangram.… Continue reading
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A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg.
Silvanus was ‘on duty’ last Friday, proXimal was on Toughie duty yesterday, so my five bob is saying that this a Zandio production.… Continue reading
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A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg.
So, we seem to have a trend developing where one of the Friday triumvirate is the setter for a non-Ray T Thursday – Silvanus two weeks ago and proXimal yesterday. … Continue reading
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A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg.
As he was on Toughie duty yesterday this is unlikely to be a Silvanus production; it can happen, we did have him for Thursday Toughie/Friday back pager 6 weeks ago but, according to the myth, lightning never strikes in the same place twice. … Continue reading